FolderView.Net Control by LogicNP Software

FolderView.Net Control brings drop-in Windows-Explorer-like folder browsing UI functionality to your applications It provides a familiar yet powerful folder browsing UI right inside your own forms and dialogs and is a perfect replacement for the plain, inflexible, modal APIs which UI developers are currently limited to. It offers complete support for AutoUpdate, dragdrop, icons, contextmenus, non-filesystem items, default key-handling, infotips and renaming. It features powerful behavior control and customization functionality that takes it miles ahead of Windows Explorer by adding features like filtering, checkboxes, custom items and dragdrop control and customization of default contextmenus, displaynames, icons and infotips When combined with FileView and ShComboBox controls, it recreates the entire Windows Explorer UI in your app. FolderView.Net is written in 100% managed code for speed and efficiency and completely supports a variety of IDEs and tools including Visual Studio 2005/.Net 2.0. FolderView.Net has a royalty-free redistribution license; it has no external dependencies which allows ease of redistribution and it comes with comprehensive documentation and numerous samples to quickly get you started.

The new version offers a substantial improvement in speed and efficiency and vastly improved support for a variety of IDEs and tools including complete support for Visual Studio 2005/.Net 2.0. The new version brings plenty of new features and functionality, new properties, methods and events and some bugfixes.

-Complete Windows Explorer look, feel and behavior
2-line integration with FileView and ShComboBox brings complete Windows Explorer functionality to your application.
Identical displaynames, icons and overlay icons shown for folders.
Identical dragdrop functionality.
Identical renaming functionality.
Identical display of infotips for folder.
Identical display of contextmenus ( including 'Send To' and any other submenus) for folders.
Identical default-key handling functionality ( e.g. Alt-Enter shows the properties dialog box)
Powerful AutoUpdate functionality refreshes FolderView automatically when files/folders are renamed, deleted or created.

-Advanced customization features
Developer specified displaynames for folders.
Developer specified icons and overlay icons for folders.
Display of custom items ( i.e. items not belonging to the shell ).
Display of custom menuitems in the contextmenus of folders.
Display of developer specified infotips for folders.
Display files as well as folders in FolderView.
Developer controlled filtering of folders ( using a simple event )
Display of multi-state checkboxes next to each folder.
Display of multi-state checkboxes next to just developer-specified folders.
Total appearance control by changing backcolor, forecolor, text fonts and other treeview properties.
Set any folder - not just the Desktop - as the root.

-Advanced behavior control
Prevent display of contextmenus for all folders using a simple property or on a per-folder basis using an event.
Prevent dragdrop for all folders using a simple property or on a per-folder basis using an event.
Allow/disallow renaming for all folders using a simple property or on a per-folder basis using an event.
Allow/disallow selection for all folders using a simple property or on a per-folder basis using an event.
Allow/disallow expanding/collapsing on a per-folder basis using an event.
Change default drag actions during dragdrop ( e.g. from Copy To Move )
Control checking/unchecking on a per-folder basis.
Prevent execution of default shell commands ( e.g. Open, Cut, Properties, etc. in response to keystrokes or through the context menu) for all folders using a simple property or on a per-folder basis using an event.
Show/hide hidden folders using a simple property.
Show/hide virtual folders ( e.g. Control Panel ) using a simple property.

-Simple but powerful programming model
Enumerate all folders shown in FolderView.
Enumerate all folders according to folder hierarchy structure.
Execute shell commands ( e.g. Cut, Delete, etc ) on folders.
Programmatically navigate the folder hierarchy.
Access complete information of a file/folder including its displayname, fullpath, checkstate, selection state and attributes like whether it is a shortcut, shared, hidden, readonly, file and folder.
Associate developer defined data with each folder.